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Contemporary writers reflect

Read leading Christian writers reflecting on how we can live our faith now.

Each month, one leading Christian writer reflects on Christianity in the 21st century, deepening our understanding of timeless truths through the lens of our lives now.

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Richard is a white man with short grey hair and black rimmed glasses. He wears a clerical collar and black shirt under a casual light jacket and stands holding onto the wooden railing of a boat or a jetty on a lake. The shoreline in the distance has trees, and some buildings, and there are mountains in the distant background. The sky is pale blue with some clouds and the sun is shining on Richard.

Advent Reflections from Jerusalem

Richard Sewell, Dean of St George's College in Jerusalem, reflects on Advent in the Holy Land.

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Alan Smith, a black man with bald head and black glasses wearing a navy blazer over a pale blue shirt, stands in front of large glass windows.

Fair Money

Alan Smith considers issues of equality, fairness and justice in money and the economy.

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Karen is a white woman with light wavy hair pinned up and glasses, wearing a pale green rollneck sweater, smiling at someone to the side of the camera.

Light and darkness

Karen Kilby reflects on faith in times of light and darkness.

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Christopher Chapman is a white man with short grey hair wearing a pair grey casual shirt and sitting in front of a bookcase, cupboard and fireplace.

Ripening: reflections for a changing season

Christopher Chapman reflects on signs of God in the changing season.

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Ayla Levine stands inside the National Gallery

Painting the Passion

Ayla Lepine reflects on paintings in the National Gallery which illuminate our Lent, Holy Week and Easter pilgrimage.

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Carris, a white woman with auburn hair and glasses, stands in the cathedral, the lights of the nave and the decorative ceiling blurred in the background behind her.

Music for Good Friday and Easter

Singer Carris Jones writes about music that illuminates the mystery and meanings of Good Friday and Easter.

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Sanjee Perera is a young Asian woman with long dark hair, photographed on a green lawn with sunlight across the lawn behind her, and a chapel in the background.

Grappling with the Wilderness

Sanjee Perera reflects on the wilderness of Lent.

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A head and shoulders shot of Jarel smiling to the camera

Our Restless Hearts: Four Reflections on Saint Augustine

Jarel Robinson-Brown reflects on the lives of the Saints, particularly through the life of St Augustine, and what they can teach us about being holy and truly human.

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Our Job is to Love

John Swinton writes about love in many forms – God’s love, self-giving love, its role in politics, and the central place it holds in the Christian story.

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